All BFI articles – Page 4
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NewsUK doc ‘SCALA!!!’ secures UK-Ireland theatrical release (exclusive)
Film includes interviews with John Waters, Ben Wheatley, Mary Harron.
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NewsKoji Fukada’s Venice 2022 title ‘Love Life’ secures UK-Ireland theatrical deal
The film played in Competition at Venice before heading to TIFF and LFF.
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NewsUK projects revealed for BFI, BMW Filmmaking Challenge led by Michaela Coel
Five titles shortlisted in initiative to support rising UK filmmakers.
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NewsMarie Amachoukeli’s Cannes Critics’ Week opener ‘Ama Gloria’ acquired for UK and Ireland
The French drama explores the close relationship between a six-year-old girl and her nanny
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News“We can’t be all the answers,” says BFI Filmmaking Fund team at Cannes’ UK Pavilion
“Be as production-ready as possible,” they advised of applications to the new-look Fund.
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NewsBFI, Diversity In Cannes reflect on Black women in film programme: “This has to happen again”
The BFI teamed up with Yolonda Brinkley’s Diversity In Cannes to launch a programme of events to build creative and financial partnerships for Black women in film.
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NewsUK Global Screen Fund partners on European Solidarity Fund for Ukrainian filmmakers
The emergency funding programme has an overall budget of €1.2m.
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NewsBFI’s Mia Bays, Ama Ampadu and Louise Ortega to explore restructured Filmmaking Fund at Cannes’ UK Pavilion
Taking part will be Mia Bays, director of the BFI National Lottery Filmmaking Fund and Ama Ampadu and Louise Ortega, the fund’s senior production and production executives.
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NewsCannes’ UK Pavilion to tackle green crisis in production; plus ‘How To Have Sex’ talent talk
A talent talk with Cannes Un Certain Regard title ‘How To Have Sex’ director Molly Manning Walker is also on today’s line-up.
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NewsExperiential event releases can help arthouse cinemas survive, say global exhibitors
“The arthouse audience has changed and become younger, more ephemeral, more adventurous.”
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NewsAgents and producers to talk about attracting filmmakers and talent to projects at Cannes’ UK Pavilion
They will take part in a panel discussion chaired by Screen International’s Fionnuala Halligan.
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NewsCannes’ UK Pavilion to address how to attract audiences back into arthouse cinemas
BFI’s Ben Luxford and Ama Ampadu; Glasgow Film CEO Allison Gardner; and Quiddity Films’ Emily Morgan are on today’s line-up.
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NewsBFI partners with Diversity In Cannes to celebrate Black women filmmakers
Events will run at Cannes on Friday May 19 and Saturday May 20.
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NewsBFI’s Sustainable Screen Fund awards to £587k to Bafta albert and Julie’s Bicycle
Keir Powell-Lewis appointed as BFI’s head of head of environmental sustainability
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NewsMia Bays, Molly Manning Walker, Anthony Andrews join line-up for Cannes UK Pavilion 2023
Revised BFI Filmmaking Fund and UK tax credits system up for discussion in UK Pavilion events programme.
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NewsUK-Ireland releases hit nine-year high in Q1 2023 but cinema admissions plummet
The BFI has issued statistics on box office and production activity for the first quarter of 2023.
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NewsNaqqash Khalid’s ‘In Camera’ scores world sales deal, releases first look (exclusive)
Screen Stars Nabhaan Rizwan, Amir El-Masry star alongside Rory Fleck Byrne.
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NewsBFI names Skills Clusters partners, reveals head of National Lottery Skills programmes
Screen Yorkshire, Film London, Screen Scotland and Northern Ireland Screen are among the six partner organisations to receive National Lottery funding.
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NewsFilm and TV Production Restart scheme boosted UK economy by £2.3bn
More than 100,000 jobs for cast and crew were supported and 48,500 full-time jobs were created by the scheme.
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NewsReclaim The Frame, Home, Watershed among recipients of BFI National Lottery Audience Projects Fund
Seventeen projects are to receive awards, totalling £6.5m.